The illusion of progress, or why Mr Little should have consulted Petronius Arbiter

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The illusion of progress, or why Mr Little should have consulted Petronius Arbiter

Ian Powell

Ian Powell

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Health sector commentator Ian Powell references Roman senator Gaius Petronius Arbiter in his ill-ease at the value of constant restructuring

The Government’s planned new health system keeps primary and hospital care separate. The two have been pushed together and pulled apart before, as Ian Powell explains

In the 1991 Budget, the National Government of prime minister Jim Bolger confirmed its intention to restruc­ture New Zealand’s public health system by